Julia Gilbert’s autopsy revealed Wednesday that she died of acute alcohol intoxication and multiple blunt force trauma.

Gilbert had been at a BCS National Championship watch party at a friend’s house about five miles away from her parents’ home in Edmond when she drove home around 3 a.m. Jan. 8. Her body was found in her overturned car Jan. 10, nearly 18 miles in the opposite direction of her parents’ house.

Gilbert had ethyl alcohol concentrations of 0.14 percent in her liver and 0.24 percent in her brain, according to the autopsy.

Every week several OU students drink and drive. A few of them are caught and appear in our police reports.

This is terribly unfortunate; we are supposed to be the best and brightest, yet we’re not smart enough to call a cab or walk.

We know you’ve heard this a thousand times: Don’t drink and drive. But we have to report on the effects of students driving drunk. This means we still have to say it. It’s still a problem.

We still need to be told not to drive drunk, not to risk our lives and others, not to take this risk that could cause unnecessary harm.

Don’t drive, don’t let your friends drive, plan designated drivers, drink somewhere within walking distance of where you’re staying or call a cab.

Over winter break, many OU students lost a close friend, and this was a tragedy that could have been prevented.

Another week of freedom is upon us and will no doubt include students drinking. But we urge you to do so responsibly. We urge every OU student to watch out for one another — and that means stopping each other from driving drunk or drinking too much.

If you still aren’t convinced, close your eyes and try to imagine your best friend, brother or sister or a family member gone in an instant because of something that could have been easily prevented.